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funniment

funniment noun: drollery, jesting, a funny saying or action.

Noun

funniment (countable and uncountable, plural funniments)

  1. Drollery, jesting, a funny saying or action.
    • For the funniments of the fair, I confess I have little relish. Springing a rattle, I always deemed something too serious for a joke; and no nautical gentleman ever yet laughed at having his back scratched.1825, Oxberry’s Dramatic Biography and Histrionic Anecdotes, volume III, London: George Virtue, page 33
    • […]; and at some of Barry’s funniments the Prince of Wales and his royal sister laughed[…]1846, The Pictorial Times, page 205

funniment meaning in Tamil

funniment in Tamil

கிண்டல் பேச்சு

Examples of funniment in a sentence

  • His disguise as the Baron Mugwump also lent itself to much funniment.1930, Harry Randall, Harry Randall, Old Time Comedian, page 136:
  • Therefore he has Berowne leave the stage first, lets Costard lag behind for a little solitary funniment, and then bolt after Berowne.1930, Harley Granville-Barker, “Love’s Labour’s Lost”, in Prefaces to Shakespeare:
  • Levine, mother of former Councilman Arnold Levine, totes around an array of jokes and general funniments.1990 September 11, Wally Trabing, “With humor there is life”, in Santa Cruz Sentinel, 134th year, number 219, Santa Cruz, Calif., page A-2:

Forms of funniment

pluralfunniments

Origin of funniment

From funny + -ment, on model of merriment.

Questions about funniment

What does funniment mean?
Funniment means drollery, jesting, a funny saying or action.
What is funniment in Tamil?
Funniment in Tamil is கிண்டல் பேச்சு. See Funniment meaning in Tamil.
How do you use funniment in a sentence?
His disguise as the Baron Mugwump also lent itself to much funniment.
What part of speech is funniment?
Funniment is a noun.
What is the plural of funniment?
The plural of funniment is funniments.

Words near funniment in the dictionary

  1. funnies
  2. funniest
  3. funniest-looking
  4. funnification
  5. funnily
  6. funniment
  7. funniments
  8. funnin'
  9. funniness
  10. funninesses
  11. funning

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